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UK fintech funding slips 23% as tech sector breaks records despite Brexit

Revolut raised the UK’s largest tech venture capital round of 2020, raking in $580m

Funding for the UK’s standout fintech sector dropped 23% in 2020, despite the country’s wider tech industry raking in a record $15bn.

The drop to $4.5bn in fintech venture capital investment, down from a 2019 record of nearly $6bn, came despite Revolut raising the UK’s largest round of the year at $580m according to Tech Nation’s latest annual report.

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